To what extent were the methods of booker t. washington and w. e.b dubois appropriate for the time in which they lived?

Booker T. Washington believed that the way to solve racial terrorism and racial-segregation was through education. He believed that African Americans should educate themselves to trade and invest in their own businesses, so they could prove others their hard work would impact in the US economy.

W.E.B Dubois also believed in self-improvement through education but he believed that they should get rid of segregation. He did not agree with Washington’s acceptance of racial segregation because he thought it encouraged whites to deny African Americans rights. He advocated for a civil rights agenda and he argued that social change would come with the development of a group of college-educated blacks that were called “The Talented Tenth”

Washington method advocated to show white people the value of African Americans, but if a person is a racist, there is no way you can show this person the value of a person they do not accept. Dubois method pushed for agitation and protests as a way to push the civil rights movement, he also defended education.

Washington and Dubois idea of education is valid but there is no way to compromise with racists showing them “your value”. You have to fight for your rights, this is why Dubois philosophy endured.

the vast majority of ballots have been counted nearly two weeks after one of the biggest political upsets in modern u.s. history catapulted donald trump to the presidency.

estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the 2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like california continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the u.s. elections project.

but among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that swing the election to trump — in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan and elsewhere — indicating the president-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may have happened in part because of apathy toward hillary clinton’s candidacy, especially among the democratic base, several political scientists and organizations monitoring voter turnout told the pbs newshour.

while clinton is leading the popular vote by more than 1.5 million over trump as of sunday, she trails president obama’s 2012 totals by more than 2 million ballots — a chasm that may have cost her the election, said david becker, co-founder of the center for election and innovation and research.

“several million voters didn’t come out to vote,” becker said. “which is telling me that this idea of the trump wave, a huge number of voters shifting over to trump, is certainly not the story.”